Prof. Panagiotes Anastasiades
University of Crete, Greece
Title: Human – Centered Artificial Intelligence Pedagogy in Creative Education: From theory to Practice
Abstract:
The advent of artificial intelligence, will have extremely significant effects on all areas of our daily lives, from employment and education to communication and entertainment.
According to our pedagogical approach, Artificial Intelligence makes sense if it can be put at the centre of humans needs, in order to support them to meet the demands of a constantly changing economic, social and learning environment.
In the above context, the presentation will focus on the following question: In what ways can we pedagogically utilize H.C Artificial Intelligence in Education, in order to support the cultivation of critical thinking and the encouragement of creativity of students and teachers in the modern school of 21st century?
Biography:
Panagiotes Anastasiades, is Professor of eLearning& Lifelong in the Department of Primary Education of the University of Crete.
- Founder and Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Learning Technologies in Lifelong and Distance Education [eLearning Lab],
- Founder & Director of the Master's Program: Educational Sciences - e-Learning-eCreativity
His research interests are in the areas of:
- Pedagogicaluse of Advanced ICT and in particular artificial intelligence applications,social media, digital storytelling and augmented reality to encourage the creativity of students and teachers in matters related to digital cultural heritage and the safe and creative use of the internet.
- Pedagogical Utilization of ICT in the field of Lifelong and Distance Learning (Advanced Teacher Training Environments, School Distance Education)
He is the author of ten books in Greek and international publishers and more than 200 of his research papers have been published in international scientific journals and conference proceedings.
Since 2008 he has been a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the international scientific journal: Computers and Education, and of the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) as well as in the review committee of the International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL) & Open Education: The Journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology. Since 2000 he has been a member of scientific committees/review committees in over 100 international and national conferences.